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1-year and 3-year RI purchases for the NVv4-series will end September 30, 2025.
On September 30, 2026, Azure will retire the Standard_NV4as_v4, Standard_NV8as_v4, Standard_NV16as_v4, and Standard_NV32as_v4 virtual machines (VMs) in NVv4-series virtual machines (VMs). To avoid any disruption to your service, we recommend that you change the VM sizing for your workloads from the current NVv4-series VMs to the newer VM series in the same NV product line.
Microsoft is recommending the Azure NVadsA10_v5-series VMs, which offer greater GPU memory bandwidth per GPU. With the NVadsA10_v5-series VMs, Azure introduces VMs with partial NVIDIA GPUs and each VM instance comes with a GRID license. This license gives you the flexibility to use an NV instance as a virtual workstation for a single user or 25 concurrent users can connect to the VM for a virtual application scenario. These VMs are targeted for GPU accelerated graphics applications, virtual desktops, visualizations, or small Al workloads.
Depending on the workload being run, regional affinity, and cost preferences, other VMs that may be migrated to from the NVv4-series VMs include NCasT4_v3.
| Workload | Recommended SKU to Migrate to |
|---|---|
| GPU accelerated graphics applications, virtual desktops, visualizations, or small Al workloads. | NVadsA10_v5 |
| Offline inferencing workloads where latency is not a primary concern, and there is an interest in purchasing smaller VM SKUs or reducing costs. | NCasT4_v3 |
How does the retirement of the NVv4-series virtual machines affect me?
After September 30th, 2026, any remaining NVv4-series virtual machines (VMs) subscriptions will be set to a deallocated state. They'll stop working and no longer incur billing charges. NVv4 will no longer be under SLA or have support included.
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This retirement only impacts the virtual machine sizes in the NVv4-series powered by AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 GPUs. This retirement announcement does not apply to NVadsA10_v5 series virtual machines.
What action do I need to take before the retirement date?
You need to resize or deallocate your NVv4-series VMs. We recommend that you change VM sizes for these workloads from the original NVv4-series VMs to the NVadsA10_v5-series VMs (or an alternative).
The NVads_A10_v5-series is powered by NVIDIA A10 GPUs and AMD EPYC™ 74F3V(Milan) processors. The VMs feature up to 2 NVIDIA A10 GPUs with 24GB memory each, up to 72 non-multithreaded AMD EPYC 74F3V processor cores and 880 GiB of system memory. Check Azure Regions by Product page for region availability. Visit the Azure Virtual Machine pricing page for pricing information.
Steps to change VM size
Choose a series and size. Refer to the above tables for Azure’s recommendation. You can also file a support request if more assistance is needed.
You can resize the virtual machine.
Help and support
If you have a support plan and you need technical help, create a support request:
- For Azure Subscription, select your subscription.
- For Support type, select Technical.
- For Service type, select Virtual Machine running Windows/Linux.
- For Problem type, select one suitable option that applies to you. for example, Performance.
- For Category, select one suitable option that applies to you. for example, Slow virtual machine.
- For Issue title, enter a summary of your request. for example, Assistance with resizing my VM from <VM_old_size> to <VM_new_size>.
- Select Next, and Next: Details + Submit.
- Fill in the mandatory items in Get support page and submit your request.